October 04, 2013

India: Delhi dengue fever update: 433 cases in the last three days

The dengue fever outbreak is particularly bad this year with 2557 cases. But the shocking fact is that 433 cases were confirmed in the first three days of October. The first step towards fighting the outbreak would be for the government to stop under-reporting cases, say experts. It would make people realise

‘With a wet October predicted, the capital is facing its worst dengue outbreak in over a decade,’ KK Agarwal, a senior physician at Moolchand Hospital, told HT. Experts believe that until the monsoons abate, the numbers will continue to rise.

‘Until mosquito breeding is controlled, dengue cases will continue to rise,’ said Dr SP Byotra, who heads the department of medicine at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

The stop-start nature of the rains has made it even worse as intermittent rains lead to more mosquito-breeding sites.

This is the worst outbreak in the capital since 2010 when over 2000 cases were reported which almost derailed the Commonwealth Games. Many have pointed out that it was the massive construction work that year which caused the problem which begs the question – what is it this year?

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The dengue fever outbreak is particularly bad this year with 2557 cases. But the shocking fact is that 433 cases were confirmed in the first three days of October. The first step towards fighting the outbreak would be for the government to stop under-reporting cases, say experts. It would make people realise

‘With a wet October predicted, the capital is facing its worst dengue outbreak in over a decade,’ KK Agarwal, a senior physician at Moolchand Hospital, told HT. Experts believe that until the monsoons abate, the numbers will continue to rise.

‘Until mosquito breeding is controlled, dengue cases will continue to rise,’ said Dr SP Byotra, who heads the department of medicine at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

The stop-start nature of the rains has made it even worse as intermittent rains lead to more mosquito-breeding sites.

This is the worst outbreak in the capital since 2010 when over 2000 cases were reported which almost derailed the Commonwealth Games. Many have pointed out that it was the massive construction work that year which caused the problem which begs the question – what is it this year?